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As a critical component in the crypto ecosystem, stablecoins play a vital role in providing a safe haven for investors and serving as the asset of choice across exchanges, lending markets, and virtually all of DeFi. Currently, the total value of stablecoins stands at $135B, representing ~10.5% of the entire crypto market capitalization.

🔍 USDC De-Pegs & Bitcoin Rallies If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’re probably inundated with headlines spelling […]

In this episode of Check the Chain, Ceteris and Jordan examine Arbitrum's $ARB token airdrop and assess the on-chain effects of USDC's temporary depegging on DeFi protocols. They also explore Thales' March Madness event, where users mint their tournament bracket as a soulbound NFT and earn a share of the prize pool.

All in all, 2022 was a year of survival for Maker. Their fundamentals took significant hits, but so did the rest of the market. Their dominance in the stablecoin sector is as of yet unchallenged, and their exploration of RWAs could be the next catalyst when the market turns around.

Check the Chain is our new DeFi and Infrastructure premium livestream with analysis from Research Associate, Ceteris and Research Analyst, Jordan Yeakley. They deep dive into the data and walk through the hottest on-chain trends. This week they'll focus on CeFi and DeFi stablecoins.

🔍 SEC vs. BUSD by Paxos Stablecoins are one of crypto’s most impactful innovations. It’s one of the rare products […]

Frax Finance is a household name for seasoned DeFi users. In the last year, they’ve launched Fraxlend and Fraxswap alongside several other products. This post will look at Frax’s newer product launches and examine their traction.

Chicken bonds are a bonding mechanism that can be applied to yield-bearing tokens to bootstrap protocol-earned liquidity while boosting yields for bonders. The enhanced yield on boosted tokens is derived from yield generated on liquidity owned by the protocol as well as liquidity from users bonding underlying tokens to newly issued boosted tokens.

DYAD is a new overcollateralized algo-stablecoin with NFT-gated token minting.

🌅 Welcome! A trillion-dollar financial services company is launching an Ethereum fund and a bankrupt crypto fund’s multi-million dollar NFT […]

🚨 In Case You Missed It SudoRare, NFT exchange created as a fork of sudoswap and LooksRare, pulls the rug. […]

Recent news of Tornado Cash being sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury and Circle freezing USDC in addresses belonging to Tornado […]